Clinical Lab

Optimize and Automate Workflow

Yaskawa Motoman offers automation solutions for labor-intensive, high throughput areas of the clinical diagnostic lab. Standalone workcells provide "task-targeted" process automation, while integrated systems with a specimen transport conveyor process each specimen as needed to complete the full pre-analytic sequence. Ready-to-load specimen racks are delivered to the diagnostic instruments. Following completion of the analytic sequence, specimens may be recapped, logged and racked for archive storage.

Pre- and Post-Analytic Processes

Let Yaskawa Motoman's laboratory automation team step through your current up- and down-stream processes with you to identify your pain points and uncover opportunities to improve speed, capacity and accuracy with automation. From there, we will propose a custom solution for your facility capable of:

Managing workflow of specimens through the pre- and post-analytic sequence

Future-Proof your System Investment

Yaskawa Motoman's track-based process automation solutions are scalable and can easily evolve to add/change processes, throughput and configuration as business needs change. The integrated system, connected by a specimen transport conveyor, manages the workflow of over 6,000 specimens per hour.

Systems are highly configurable to accommodate a variety of workflows, including:

Check-In / Check-Out

Throughput: 1,200 tubes per hour

The AutoSorter™ 1200 receives input from racks or conveyors. Reads barcode and sorts to target racks. Logs and consolidates post-analytic specimens for archive.

Case Study

This article provides a thorough overview of Mayo Medical Laboratories' sort automation system, along with top lessons learned throughout the entire process of selecting, building, and implementing the system.

System Selection Process

System Overview

Lessons Learned

Results

Robotic Specimen Processing Systems

AutoSorter

Yaskawa Motoman offers a variety of AutoSorter specimen processing solutions that are ideal for a range of clinical laboratory environments. AutoSorter provides improved processing accuracy, specimen traceability and relieves laboratory staff of repetitive tasks and exposure to infection. Various configurations include centrifugation, decapping and sorting to instrument racks, as well as archive consolidation. They may be standalone or linked together with aliquoters, recappers and other process-specific instrumentation.

AutoSorter 1200

Processes up to 1,200 specimens/hour for rack-based pre-analytic sorting and post-analytic sorting/archiving.

Operates as a "standalone" sorter or as one in a series of processing stations in a conveyorized line.

Configurable deck features drawers and/or flow-through conveyors to feed specimens into sorter and to present racks for sort targets.

Laboratory Automation Articles

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